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Streaming Sleepers: In Jo Ba-Reun’s SLATE, Ahn Ji-Hye Crosses Worlds To Follow Her Dreams

I think a lot of us who watch and consume films featuring action and sci-fi and big-scale spectacle have done so largely due to our own inspiration from many of the screen heroes we’ve looked up to from the cradle. Filmmaker Jo Ba-reun’s latest, Slate, definitely takes some cues from that concept for this story, albeit indirectly, with none other than Ahn Ji-hye in her latest screen role after Han Ka-ram’s 2019 drama, Our Body. Ahn plays Yeon Hee, a would-be action star sick of stunt double gigs and looking for a shot at the lead role for a new project about to shoot. Her’s is a drive that stems from childhood dreams of wanting to be a “heroine,” a hope that she ultimately carries with her while one day journeying onto a vacant set and stumbling into a portal, landing her in a parallel world – a version of […]

SLATE Cuts In A New Trailer And Poster For Its April Korean Release

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https://youtu.be/1PQoHCjQ0E8 Not much is yet known about where Jo Bareun’s latest meta action comedy, Slate, will be headed. What we do know is that South Korean theaters will have dibs this April, and on hand, we have an official new trailer ahead of its release. Since she was a child, Yeon-hee dreamt of becoming an action star. Even though she has an amazing swordsmanship, the reality of reaching her goal is just too hard for her to handle. One day, she is hired as a stand-in for an action film and goes onto the set, only to be transported to a lawless parallel world where people carry swords and kill each other without any retribution. Almost immediately, she is welcomed to the village as their protector and is respected by the villagers. And to save the villagers as a heroine, she begins to fight the villains back. Slate had its […]

SLATE: Ahn Ji-Hye Jumps Into Action In The First Trailer

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At some point Jo Ba-reun’s directorial debut, Gang, might show up more internationally as home streaming platforms take shape for some of the world’s more obscure titles in foreign cinema. For good measure, get a taste of that one here as we now pivot to what lies ahead in fantasy action comedy Slate, about an aspiring action star who finds herself in a whole new world. Literally. Since she was a child, Yeon-hee dreamt of becoming an action star. Even though she has an amazing swordsmanship, the reality of reaching her goal is just too hard for her to handle. One day, she is hired as a stand-in for an action film and goes onto the set, only to be transported to a lawless parallel world where people carry swords and kill each other without any retribution. Almost immediately, she is welcomed to the village as their protector and is […]